Pilgrim's Mass[edit]
Pilgrims finishing the Camino 1985–
A Pilgrim's Mass is held in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela each day at noon for pilgrims. Pilgrims who received the compostela the day before have their countries of origin and the starting point of their pilgrimage announced at the Mass. The musical and visual highlight of the Mass is the synchronisation of the beautiful "Hymn to Santiago" with the spectacular swinging of the huge Botafumeiro, the famous thurible kept in the cathedral. Incense is burned in this swinging metal container, or censer. As the last chords die away, the multitude of pilgrims jostle happily as they crowd forward to reach the spiritual highlight of the Mass, the rite of communion. Priests administer the Sacrament of Penance, or confession, in many languages, permitting most pilgrims to complete the indulgence attached to the pilgrimage upon satisfying the other canonical conditions. In the Holy Year of 2010 the Pilgrim's Mass was exceptionally held four times a day, at 10:00 a.m., noon, 6:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m., catering for the greater number of pilgrims arriving in the Holy Year.
As tourism
The Xunta de Galicia (Galicia's regional government) promotes the Way as a tourist activity, particularly in Holy Compostelan Years (when 25 July falls on a Sunday). Following the Xunta's considerable investment and hugely successful advertising campaign for the Holy Year of 1993, the number of pilgrims completing the route has been steadily rising. The next Holy Year will occur in 2021, 11 years after the last Holy Year of 2010. More than 272,000 pilgrims made the trip during the course of 2010.
EL FUTURO
orms of the future tense. Endings. The endings for all verbs are:
-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án Note that every one except the nosotros form requires a written accent.
Stem. Normally, the infinitive is used as the stem (exceptions will be given below).
Samples:
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there to be [impersonal]; to have [helping verb]
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to know [a fact], know how [+ infinitive]
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Enrique nos dirá la verdad.
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Enrique will tell us the truth.
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¿Quiénes vendrán conmigo?
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Pondré la mesa en seguida.
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I'll set the table right away.
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Usage. There are two main ways in which the future tense is used in Spanish:
It indicates future time, the same as in English.
Mañana saldremos para Madrid.
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Tomorrow we will leave for Madrid.
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El lunes iré al hospital.
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I'll go to the hospital on Monday.
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NOTE: The present tense is often used instead of the future for near future actions:
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Esta noche miramos la televisión.
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I'll do it in two minutes.
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The future tense is also used to indicate conjecture or probability in the present time. In English, expressions such as “probably”, “must”, “I/you think” are usually used rather than the future tense.
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Where do you think Mary is (right now)?
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It must be 8:00. (Or: It is probably 8:00, I think it's 8:00, etc.)
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The periphrastic future: Ir a + the infinitive. A present tense form of the verb ir (to go) plus the preposition a plus an infinitive is often used as a substitute for the future tense in Spanish. The same phenomenon also occurs in English:
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Are you going to study tomorrow?
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I'm not going to do anything.
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When “will” is used in the sense of “to be willing to” it is normally translated by the verb querer (to want), not the future tense. This frequently occurs in requests which suggest the idea “would you like to” or “would you be willing to”:
¿Quiere Ud. apagar el cigarrillo?
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Will you put out your cigarrette?
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¿Quieres sacar la basura, Juan?
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